10 Vegetarian butternut squash recipes

Autumn is here, and it brings with it a lot of exciting seasonal vegetables including butternut squash. This smaller, sweeter member of the pumpkin family has a good flavour and is super versatile. Here are our favourite recipes.

Roasted vegetable and chickpea tagine

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This modern take on an Arabian tagine still has all the flavour of the traditional dish but it’s made in a casserole dish or a roasting pan with seasonal butternut squash, beetroot, red peppers, courgette and chickpeas.

Honey-roasted sweet potato and squash with halloumi and basil oil

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Want something easy but spectacular for dinner? This is the dish.

The butternut squash and sweet potato are thrown into a roasting pan with spices to work their magic in the oven before the halloumi is added, then the whole dish is finished with a drizzle of basil oil and a scattering of seeds.

Quick spelt butternut squash cake

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Butternut squash is the perfect ingredient in a savoury dish, but it’s great in a cake too. It works the same way as carrot does in a spicy carrot cake. It leaves you with a really moist, moreish cake.

This time, the grated butternut squash is teamed with raisins, ginger and orange juice to make a heavenly cake topped with a fruity orange cream cheese frosting.

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